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Leiqin

Leiqin(Pinyin: Léi qín), also known as "Leihu", is a traditional stringed instrument. It is a musical instrument that only appeared in the 1920s.

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  • Pinyin:Léi qín
  • Classification:stringed instrument
  • alias:Rehu
  • popular area:China
history
Leiqin was reformed on the basis of Zuihu, a famous Chinese folk artist Wang Dianyu (1899-1964). It has a larger volume, wider range and beautiful timbre than Zuihu.
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Wang Dianyu, a blind artist, a folk instrumentalist, the founder of Leiqin art, and a member of the Tianjin Branch of the Chinese Vocalists Association. Wang Dianyu lived in poverty all his life. At the age of twelve, he worshipped Yu Guangwen as a teacher to learn the zither, the sanxian and the performance and singing of the qin.
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Leiqin, originated in Heze, draws on the strengths of many families to form a unique performance method that combines instrumental and vocal music, performance and imitation, and has been continuously carried forward and inherited by generations of Leiqin artists
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Intangible cultural heritage, breaking time and space, glowing with Zhuoran's vitality. Music, no matter what, the ups and downs are left blank. Lei Qin, with his grand and solemn courage, standing quietly is enough to attract everyone's attention.
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The chords are not unified, and the inner and outer strings are generally set to e, a or d, a, and the range is about three and a half octaves.The tuning and range of the small Lei are the same as those of the large Lei, and the pronunciation is an octave higher than that of the large Lei.
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The Leqin is composed of the stem, barrel, headstock, peg and bow. The stem, headstock and pegs are all made of hardwood.
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The leiqin is made on the basis of the pendant, lengthening the rod, increasing the barrel, and changing the skin of the python. The leiqin stem is narrow and long, and the surface is a fingerboard.
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